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Fellow brothers of the Star let us all go to Bethlehem, and we shall see Our beautiful Lady, with Our Lord in the manger. Let’s go, let’s run there. We shall hear a carol that Francisco will compose, piping in his little voice, and then Blasico will sing it with Perico, Juanico and Tomás, And the chorus will go:

Gulumbé, gulumbé, gulumbá Poor boys, black boys from Safala.

Let us go and see what they have brought from Angola for Our Lord and Our Lady, Balthasar and Melchior and my cousin Caspar. Let’s go, let’s run there!

Gulumbé, gulumbé, gulumbá, Poor boys, black boys from Safala.

Let us follow the star, Come on! we black courtiers, Let’s go! since the Three Kings All of us! are coming with treasure. That way!

Blasico, Perico, Juanico and Tomás, come on! Let’s all go there!

Gulumbé, gulumbé, gulumbá, Poor boys, black boys from Safala.

Let’s go, all the black boys, my cousins! Since our Star is leading us, beautiful! Even though we’re all as black as night, on the manger, plenty of light there’ll be.

Blasico, Perico, Juanico and Tomás, cousins, it will be a beautiful night!

Gulumbé, gulumbé, gulumbá, Poor boys, black boys from Safala.

Let’s go, all our brotherhood fine! Since the star leads us, ours! after the kings, and since a dance to cheer the child there will be.

Blasico, Perico, Juanico and Tomás, Our dance will be so fine!

Gulumbé, gulumbé, gulumbá, Poor boys, black boys from Safala.

Let’s go merrily to the stable cousins. We’ll see next to the manger oxen. Even though we’re all jet black, ezá.-on the manger, plenty of light there is!